The September 2017 TOE is up

By far the most popular activity for CIPCUG members over the years has been our Q&A sessions. We are adding to this by having a podcast where we continue to answer Q&A questions from members. Post a questions on the CIPCUG Facebook page and we'll answer it the following Tuesday. What could be easier?

News on APCUG

The Association of PC User Groups (APCUG) is the international umbrella organization for user groups. Our club is featured in Club News. Pretty cool.

The Channel Islands PC Users Group (CIPCUG) was founded on the principal of users helping users. Have a computer problem stumping you? Bring it up at the Q & A session (held at every meeting) and you will probably find another user who stumbled over the same problem and figured out a solution. We have members whose experience runs all the way from absolute beginner to professional experts. You will be able to connect with other users whose experience level and interests match yours. Networking with peers is the best way to grow.

Bring your server, desktop, laptop, tablet or smart phone problem to the meeting and you will probably receive an answer. We write up all our Q & A sessions in our monthly TOE newsletter and have archives of all newsletters since 1999.

Facebook & Podcast News

Our Mercury Broadcasting podcasts are really starting to ramp up. We have created a separate Podcast Page for links to all the podcasts, news and help as well as a guide for creating a safe Facebook page so you can ask questions on the CIPCUG Facebook page. This is a great opportunity to help build our club. Show friends and relatives our CIPCUG Facebook page and the Podcast page on our website.

Our Meeting Location

Join us at the Boys & Girls Club in Camarillo:

Location

1500 Temple Avenue

Camarillo, CA 93010

Dates

4th Saturday of the month - 10 months

3rd Saturday for November and December

Times

Interest Group Meetings: from 8:45 AM to 9:30

Business Meeting: 9:30 - 9:45

Q & A: 9:45 to 10:30

Coffee break: 10:30 - 11

Program: 11 - Noon

The entrance to the auditorium is from the parking lot, toward the back on the right side.

CIPCUG is a member of APCUG, an International Association of Technology & Computer Users Groups. APCUG provides excellent articles for our newsletter, helps find programs, conducts webinars you can "attend" from the comfort of your own home (see past webinars on YouTube) and provides excellent support for user groups in the conduct of their business.

Next Meeting Dates

Because of Thanksgiving and Christmas, the November and December meeting dates are a week earlier.

Subscribe to TOE

It's easy to forget to download our latest TOE newsletter, or to attend our meetings. We have an email reminder you can subscribe to. You should get only two emails a month -- one for when TOE is available and one reminding you of our monthly meeting.

If you are using a mail program like Outlook, Thunderbird or Windows Live Mail, click here to add your email address to our list. If you are using webmail and cannot use the email link, just open your browser to your email page, click on New or Compose and enter subscription@cipcug.org into the To field, with Subscribe in the subject and send.

CIPCUG on Facebook

Log into the Facebook CIPCUG page. If it's your first time, you'll be prompted to join. Do so. You should be approved in under an hour. We keep the bad guys out this way. Once you are in, keep reading posts and reply to those you find interesting. Post questions, which will we will try to answer on our new podcast (online radio) hosted on Mercury Broadcasting. Be sure to tune in on Tuesday mornings to hear the latest. We have a once a week schedule on Tuesdays at 8 AM (hopefully). You can listen any time after. Notices will be up on Facebook as well as the Mercury Broadcasting pages and, of course, our own Podcast page.

Need Help?

Major Publisher Offer

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Excellent Computer Books

CIPCUG members can save 35% at Peachpit.com by logging onto the Peachpit website and using the coupon code PEACHPITUG. Peachpit Press is one of the best publishers of computer and technology books. This is a very generous offer.

Free Instruction

Webucator is offering our members free online self-paced courses in (see subject list.) This is only for currently paid members of CIPCUG. You must have a voucher to use them. If you are interested, please contact Bart Koslow at review@cipcug.org and he will provide you with the voucher you require.